The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 558

Chapter 558: 274 Crying out of frustration! (Second update) _2

Master Sun thought that he was disrupting the class, and Xiao Jingkong argued that Master Sun was misleading the students. To prove his point, he set a trap for Master Sun, throwing him ten arithmetic problems in one go.

Master Sun couldn’t solve a single problem.

If he couldn’t solve them, it means Master Sun’s scholarship was not solid enough. If his scholarship was not solid enough, it shows there’s an issue with the teaching methods of Master Sun, and therefore he is indeed misleading the students.

This was Xiao Jingkong’s logic, but in reality, it’s not fair to generalize like this. Master Sun was unable to solve those problems, probably because they were beyond his realm of knowledge. It is not fair to say that the concepts within Master Sun’s realm are also wrong.

Unfortunately, Xiao Jingkong was the class leader, and when he called, everyone responded, and the whole class followed his lead in making trouble.

Xiao Jingkong gave Master Sun ten problems, none of which he could solve. Then Master Sun gave Xiao Jingkong ten problems, at least five of which he solved. Xiao Jingkong then dismissively said: "What else is strange about me not being able to solve the rest of the problems? I am a student, right? I come here to study precisely because I don’t know everything. What’s the point of having a teacher if I knew everything?"

Listen to these infuriating remarks.

Master Sun, having lost face, tried to hit Xiao Jingkong’s palm with a ruler, but he missed and fell down instead.

The whole class burst into laughter!

The scene could be described as a significant accident scene at the Guozijian.

Reportedly, students from the other four classes all came to watch, and the whole school knew about Master Sun’s embarrassment.

No wonder Master Sun wept from anger, it was really humiliating.

Master Jiang spoke sincerely: "Don’t rush to scold Jingkong. His behaviour towards Master Sun was certainly wrong, but he never implicated you for his actions. He is different from those spoiled students."

"Thank you, Master Jiang, I will talk to him." Xiao Liulang sincerely thanked Master Jiang, apologized to Master Sun, then went to the classroom and took the little guy out.

"Tell me, why did you bully Master Sun?" Xiao Liulang asked.

The two of them stood behind a large tree, whose thick trunk conveniently blocked their figures.

"Brother-in-law, you’re wrong!" Xiao Jingkong said gravely, "How can this be called bullying? He himself got it wrong. His knowledge is not good, he won’t admit it, nor humbly ask for guidance. Doesn’t he know there is a teacher to be found amongst three people? If you make a mistake, just admit it, right? To know our faults and correct them is the greatest virtue! Even the hermit poet of the Fragrant Hills read his poetry to the shepherd boy and old woman first; even he had no contempt for children!"

When it came to reasoning, he quoted all manner of sources.

Xiao Liulang was initially very angry but suddenly felt like laughing when he heard this. Perhaps this was the difference between his own child and someone else’s. Even though the boy was wrong, he still found joy in his progress.

Xiao Liulang: "Who told you the story of the Hermit of Fragrant Hills?"

Xiao Jingkong huffed: "Uncle."

And he could apply what he learned, impressive.

But Xiao Liulang knew him well; this little guy was bullying Master Sun, he said: "This is not your reason for publicly humiliating Master Sun in front of everyone. Do you want to tell me yourself or should we discuss it in front of Jiaojiao?"

The moment Gu Jiao was mentioned, Xiao Jingkong deflated.

Xiao Liulang was adept at pinpointing people’s weaknesses. After getting a grip on Xiao Jingkong, he obediently confessed his motive.

The incident began when Xiao Jingkong brought the little hawk to school, which almost bit off that... something of Qin Chuyu’s. Master Sun didn’t defend him like Master Jiang did, instead, he timidly handed him over.

He was very disappointed in Master Sun and felt from that time that Master Sun didn’t deserve to be his teacher.

Xiao Liulang didn’t expect the little guy to hold such a grudge.

Xiao Liulang carefully chose his words and said to him: "It is true that Master Sun did something wrong. He shouldn’t have bowed to power. But have you ever thought that not everyone has to be as brave as Master Jiang?"

"Why not?" Xiao Jingkong was puzzled.

Xiao Liulang was a bit at a loss as to how to explain it to him. Perhaps because he was surrounded by very brave people, he developed a fixed perception that everyone should be righteous and fearless.

But in reality, self-preservation is an innate human instinct.

One day, he will leave Gu Jiao, leave his home, and go to a broader place, where he will find that people like Master Sun are the most common ones he will meet.